Hydraulic elevating and transport trailer



A. A. TIMLIN HyDRAULIc ELEVATING AND TRAflSPORT TRAILER Aug. 18, 1953 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Dec. 19, 1951 Aug. 18, 1953 I A. A. TlML-IN HYDRAULIC ELEVATING AND TRANSPQR'I" TRAILER Filed Dec. 19, 1951 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Aug. 18,1953 I A. A. TIMLIN HYDRAULIC ELEVATING AND TRANSPQRT .1 BAILER Filed Dec. 19, 1951 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Patented Aug. 18, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE HYDRAULIC ELEVATIN "TRAILER G AND TRANSPORT 3 Claims.

This invention relates to an article elevating and transporting trailer.

The invention is more particularly concerned with a trailer adapted to be towed by a tractor or other power device and which includes power operated means for elevating and supporting structures, such as farm implements for the transport thereof from place to place as desired.

The improved trailer forming the subject matter of the present invention is of the general structure disclosed in U. S. patent to J. Eaves, Jr., et al. No. 2,496,153, granted January 31, 1950, but involves several structural improvements over the patented structure as will appear in the following disclosure.

A primary object of the present invention is to provide an implement elevating andtransportin trailer which includes a pair of longitudinally spaced elevating means whereby implements may have lifting movements applied thereto at spaced points for maintaining substantial equilibrium of the implement during the elevation and transportation thereof.

A further object of the invention. is to provide an implement elevatingv and transporting trailer including an elongated frame having a pair of supporting wheels adjacent one end thereof and a tractor hitch adjacent the opposite end thereof, the frame supporting lifting mechanism intermediate its ends and the trailer further vincluding adjustable balancing means disposed rearwardly of the supporting wheels.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an elevating and transporting trailer wherein the elevating means including one or more arms swingable in a vertical plane and to which are attached implement engaging chains and the arm or pair of arms being operable by a single manually operable hydraulic unit and wherein the vertical range of movement of the arm or arms is substantially greater than the length of the axial stroke of the operating. piston of the hydraulic unit.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent in the course of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the improved elevating and transporting trailer in accordance with a preferred structural embodiment thereof with the supporting wheels omitted.

Figure 2 isa view'similar to Figure 1 but on' a reduced scale and showing the trailer in operation.

Figure 3 is a. substantially enlarged top plan view of'the trailer shown in Figure l, the dotand-dash line indicating the lower portion in the figure as being an axial continuation of the right hand end of the major upper portion.

Figure 4 is a rear end elevational view on the samescale asFigure 3.

Figure 5 is a iragmental side el'evational view showing the elevating action of the lifting means.

Figure 6 is a vertical sectional view in the plane of line 6-6 on Figure 1.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, the improved trailer comprises a frame Ill which preferably includes an elongated horizontal tubular portion I I, which at one end thereof is sup-'- ported by a pair of cylindrical legs i2 whose upper ends are rigidly secured to the tubular portion I I as by welding or other suitable means.

The frame further includes a forward cylindrical portion 13 which is rigid with portion H and inclines downwardly from the front end thereof. The inclined portion I3 at its lower end is rigidly connected to the upper end of a relatively short vertical cylindrical portion [4 and rigidlysecurcd to the portion I 4 adjacent its lower end is a hitch plate l5 and a foot plate IS. The frame is reinforced by means of a rib or fin I l rigidly secured to the lower wall of portion l l in the vertical axial plane thereof and such fin is extended by a secondary fin l8 rigidly secured to the lower wall of theinclined portion l3 for a substantial distance adjacent its upper end. Furthermore a triangular web or fin lllis rigidly sup-ported Within the angle defined by adjacent ends of portions I3 and I4 and a smaller triangular web 20 is rigidly supported in the angle defined by portion I4 and the hitch plate 15. The vertical portion IA of the frame is provided with a handle 2| which as shown in Figure 3 extends laterally on both opposite sides of such portion.

The frame further includes a pair of brace bars 22 whose lower ends are rigidly secured to legs [2 and which converge upwardly and have their adjacent upper ends rigidly secured to the web 11. Also a brace bar 22:]. interconnects the legs l2 and is shown in Fig. 4.

An axle saddle plate 22 is rigidly connected to the lower end of each leg l2 and which are in turn rigidly connected to an axle 24 which at its opposite ends 'rot'atably supports wheels 25, the hub portions of which are shown in Figure 4.

The implement elevating and supporting means comprises a pair of arms 26 whose lower ends are pivotally connected to the frame portion. in horizontallyv spacedirelation as by means of bolts 21 and the arms adjacent their upper ends are pivotally connected to opposite ends of a bar 28 as by means of bolts 29.

The arms are adapted for simultaneous swinging movement about the pivot bolts 21 from the full line positions of Figures 1 and to the dotted line position of Figure 5 and vice versa. The bar 28 is always parallel with frame portion H and the arms 26 remain parallel in any angular relation thereof to the frame portion I I.

The arms 26 are preferably each formed by a pair of laterally spaced plates 30 (Figure 6) whose lower ends are apertured as at 3| for receiving the pivot bolts 21 and which bolts extend through apertures 32 in bearing blocks 33 rigidly secured to the upper wall of frame portion ll.

The upper ends of the plates are provided with alined apertures 34 through which the bolts 29 extend and such bolts further extend through spacer blocks 35 and diametrical apertures 36 in the bar 28 which is preferably tubular as shown in Fig. 6.

The arms 26 are simultaneously operable by means of a hand operable hydr ulic pump 3'! which is supported by a cradle 38 which is rigidly supported by the bars 22 and the pump includes an operating handle as.

A hydraulic ram is provided and which comprises a cylinder 46 whose closed end is provided with an apertured ear 4! extended between a pair of lugs 42 projecting upwardly from the frame portion l I and pivotally connected thereto as by means of a bolt 43. The ram further comprises a piston rod 44 whose free end extends between the plates 36 of the adjacent arm 26 and is pivotally connected thereto as by means of a bolt 45.

The pump 3] is in fluid connection with the ram cylinder 46 by means of a flexible conduit 45.

The frame portion H is provided with upwardly projecting stop members ill and as sdapted to engage stop and spacing plates 49 and 56 extending transversely between the plates 36 of the rear and front elevating arms 26 respectively as is indicated in the dotted position of the arms in Figure 5. A chain clamp 54 is supported bolts 29 at each opposite side of each arm 26 and an implement engageable chain 52 depends from each of the clamps. A pair of implement engageable chains 53 have corresponding ends thereof secured to the legs l2.

An adjustable collar 54 is supported on frame portion I 3 and to which is secured one end of an implement engageable chain 55. Balancing means are provided and which comprise a tubular bar 56 telescopically engaged within the tubular frame portion H and which at its outer end rigidly supports a relatively large weight or counterbalance 51. As a means of retaining the bar 56 in any axially adjusted position, theframe portion ll adjacent its rear end is provided with a chain 58 which at its free end carries a pin 59 engageable within an aperture in the upper wall of the frame portion 1 I and selectively in axial spaced apertures in bar 56.

With reference to Figure 5 it will be noted that upon activation of the hydraulic ram, the arms 26 will move downwardly along the dotand-dash area thus positioning the chains 52 for engagement thereof with implements, such as duplex weed choppers indicated at W in Figure 2 at which time the trailer may be 'connected to the tractor T by means of a pin 60 4 engaged through plate l5 and the drawbar of the tractor.

When the chains 52 have been engaged with the load the hydraulic ram is operated and the arms 26 are raised to their vertical positions with a resulting elevating of the load after which the chains 53 and 55 may be connected to the lead.

The counterweight 5! 'may be adjusted to balance the load with respect to the supporting wheels 25 thereby rendering handling of the trailer easy and in fact operable by a single attendant.

It is to be particularly observed that the vertical lift of the arms 26 from the lower position to the upper position in Figure 5 is substantially greater than the stroke of the piston rod 44 cffecting such lift which together with the dou ble lift and single power unit are decided advantages in structures of this kind. While the invention is above described in accordance with a preferred structural embodiment thereof, it is nevertheless, within the scope of the invention to utilize a single arm 26 for the handling of single section implements and it may be of advantage to utilize more than two arms in the handling of certain other implements.

Furthermore, power means, other than hydraulic may be utilized and which may be hand operable or operable by some primary power means.

While I have disclosed my invention in accordance with a single specific structural embodiment thereof, such is to be considered as illustrative only, and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being defined in the subjoined claims.

What I claim desire to secure by U. S. Letters Patent is:

1. An implement transporting trailer comprising an elongated frame including an upper horizontal tubular member, a pair of legs having their upper ends rigidly connected to said tubular member adjacent one end thereof, said legs diverging downwardly from said tubular member, a pair of supporting wheels carried by the lower ends of said legs, said frame further including a downwardly inclined portion extending from the other end of said tubular member and a rela tively short vertical portion rigid with and depending from the lower end of said downwardly inclined portion, a hitch plate carried by said vertical portion, implement elevating means comprising a pair of parallel arms having corresponding ends thereof pivotally connected to Sa d tubular member at longitudinally spaced points intermediate the ends thereof, the opposite ends of the arms being pivotally connected by a bar disposed parallel with said tubular member, automatic power means supported by said tubular member and operatively engaged with one of said arms for moving both arms jointly in a vertical plane toward and away from said tubular member, implement engaging chains carried by said opposite ends of the arms, and balancing means comprising an elongated cylindrical bar telescopically adjustable within said tubular member and projecting from said one end there-l of and a relatively large counterbalance weight on the outer end of said bar.

2. The structure according to claim 1 wherein said power means comprising a manually controllable hydraulic ram having a piston rod Divotally connected to one of said arms intermediate the ends thereof whereby the range of vertical 5 movement of said opposite ends of the arms is substantially greater than the Stroke of the piston rod in effecting such movement.

3. The structure according to claim 1 together with a pair of implement engaging chains carried having corresponding ends thereof connected to respective ones of said legs, a collar adjustably supported on said inclined portion, and an implement engaging chain having one end thereof secured to said collar.

ALFRED A. TIMLIN.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Number Number 10 19,528

Name Date Howell et al Dec. 18, 1934 Watkins Apr. 30, 1946 Bartholomew Dec. 30, 1947 Eaves, Jr. et al. Jan. 31, 1950 Niles Mar. 14, 1950 FOREIGN PATENTS Country Date Great Britain Aug. 25, 1909 

